1. COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN for the CNMI
(Saipan, Rota, Tinian and the Northern Islands)
Department of Public Lands
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Public Information Meeting
September 18 – 21, 2017

2. Welcome & Introductions
Marianne C. Teregeyo, Secretary DPL
CNMI Government and DPL Representatives and other distinguished guests
SSFM CNMI (PEGS)
Roy Reyes, PE, Project Manager
Denn Manglona, CQM, Assistant Project Manager
Alam Manzurul, Researcher
Chris Hart & Partners, Inc.
Jordan Hart, Land Planner
Brett Davis, Land Planner
John M. Knox & Associates, Inc.
John M. Knox, Economic Analyst

3. Welcome and introductions Purpose and scope of Comprehensive Land Use
Meeting Agenda
Welcome and introductions
Purpose and scope of Comprehensive Land Use
Schedule of Comprehensive Land Use
Key issues for Land Use
Public input session

4. Purpose and Scope of Comprehensive Land Use Study
Understand & report on current statutes, regulations, land use conditions and availability, the outdated land use plan, and other plans (economy and tourism), other elements of land use management
Public outreach/participation and intergovernmental coordination
Analyze current economics, population demographics, sociology-economic status and trends and forecast future land requirements over a 10-year build-out
Inventory of public and private lands and their current uses, determine if current GIS mapping system and software is adequate
Coordinate use and development of public lands with plans, programs and requirements of other Commonwealth agencies
Identify and reserve lands that contain resources critical to the Commonwealth (Springs, ground water aquifers that needs protections, potential sites for quarries, current & future sites of government buildings, wetlands, prime public recreation areas, potential school sites, potential hospital sites and potential transportation corridor)

5. Purpose and Scope of Comprehensive Land Use Study
Identify all public lands and priority uses
Identify and reserve suitable lands for residential homesteads
Identify and reserve lands that should be made available to private developers for generation of revenue.
Identify lands that should be made available for exchange in order to improve the manageability and value of public land holdings and other public purposes such as the acquisition of rights of way.
Identify lands that needs special handling due to the presence of hazardous materials, dangerous structures, or other special circumstances.
Analyze current economics, population demographics, sociology-economic status and trends and forecast future land requirements over a 10-year build-out
Encompass all the lands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

6. Schedule of Comprehensive Land Use
Key Milestone Dates*:
September 18, 19, 20 & 21, 2017: First Public Information Meeting
September 18, 2017: Data Collections Phase I
September 23, 2017: Document Research and Economist Survey
October 1 thru 20, 2017: Trip to the Northern Islands
December 22, 2017: Data Collections Phase II
February 15, 2018: Data Collections Phase III
March 1 – 21, 2018: Second Public Information Meeting
April 16, 2018: Data Collections Phase IV
June 16, 2018: Data Collections Phase V
August 1 – 21, 2018: Follow up Public Information Meeting
August 22 – September 30, 2018: Contract Close out

7. Key Issues for CNMI
Land Use Planning Policies
Demographic Trends
Socio Economic Conditions
Future Need/Likely Labor Resources
Available local labor force?
Foreign labor needed?
Development Elements
Existing Land Use
Future Land Use
Land Use Consumption and Projections
Implementation

8. Project Key Drivers
Stakeholders Meetings and Site Assessment Review of Previous Studies and Existing Data Projected Land Use and Land Needs Public Involvement Program

9. Importance of Public Land Use Plan
What are the benefits of this Public Land Use Plan? How does it impact you? How can you make a difference?

10. Via Email to SSFM CNMI, LLC
Public Input
Public Hearings
Oral Statements
Written Comments (Forms)
Stakeholder forms available from
Via to SSFM CNMI, LLC

11. Thank you very much! Questions, Comments, and Inputs?